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I have fallen in love with the look of this dog. I've emailed an Australian breeder 2 weeks ago but haven't heard back I want to know more about them.

Has anyone met one, if so what is your opinion? Does anyone know if there are more than one breeder in Australia?

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From what I've heard they are very very full on and can be 'temperamental', not 'cutesy' like they look re appearance :thumbsup: but I have not met one personally..so that is not from experience.

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From what I've heard they are very very full on and can be 'temperamental', not 'cutesy' like they look re appearance :( but I have not met one personally..so that is not from experience.

This is the information I need to find out by talking to someone who has a good knowledge of the breed and experience of owning a few. If I knew who to talk to I could just ask someone else but there's only one breeder listed whenever I've searched.

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BL - is that Mr & Mrs Mellion? They are the people whom I know who owned a couple of pumi and they also had a kuvasz (sp). They were very well know sheltie breeders in the earlier years but they were quite elderly when they were last showing.

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blab, i've always found breeders overseas are great for info on the breeds that are rare here and have often emailed with great success. even if you find a Pumi breed club (eg in UK? or elsewhere) and then find them on facebook and ask for information as I belong to several OS clubs that have great facebook sites too and lots of terrific people who can impart all sorts of knowledge :)

Crufts is also on and there are HEAPS of aussies there for it so maybe there is scope for some info there.

I do understand different dogs from the same breed can be entirely different, have one myself who is not typical :eek:

as far as I understand some Pumi can be very challenging, but I guess many breeds can. they sound like a LOT of dog.. ;) :laugh:

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The breed standard describes the Pumi as "unable to keep quiet".

That was the impression I got from the doco I watched. They are great little herders, but they bark the whole time they are working, that's their style and it's a high pitched, ear-cracking yip-yip-yip. It's a sound that would drive your neighbours to justifiable murder if they had to listen to it for any length of time.

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blab, i've always found breeders overseas are great for info on the breeds that are rare here and have often emailed with great success. even if you find a Pumi breed club (eg in UK? or elsewhere) and then find them on facebook and ask for information as I belong to several OS clubs that have great facebook sites too and lots of terrific people who can impart all sorts of knowledge :laugh:

Crufts is also on and there are HEAPS of aussies there for it so maybe there is scope for some info there.

I do understand different dogs from the same breed can be entirely different, have one myself who is not typical :)

as far as I understand some Pumi can be very challenging, but I guess many breeds can. they sound like a LOT of dog.. :cry::)

Thanks Monah - that's a great idea. :cry:

I am not looking for a dog any time soon. Just enquiring about a few breeds for the future. I cannot fathom living without my beautiful labs so I'm forcing myself to look beyond them being with me. Planning a non-shedding breed next time. :cry:

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They remind me of lakeland terrors ;)

:laugh::o :p I adore Lakelands.. mine were absolutely wonderful, terrific happy chappies :rofl::):) perfect kids dogs too. Hey Blab, take a look at them as well, non shedding. :laugh: very healthy long lived breed too.

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